The weekend starts with a Civic Reception hosted by the Lord Provost followed with a talk from Prof John Brown (Astronomer Royal for Scotland) and Dr David Clarke. On Saturday there are a selection of lectures from Dr Nick Hewitt, Dr Philip Best, Dr Pete Edwards, Mr Martin Morgan-Taylor, Dr Martin Hendry and Mr Tom Boles.

The theme for the weekend is Deep Sky and all that matters covering observations and imaging deep sky objects, supernova, radio astronomy and cosmology including dark mater and dark energy.

Saturday evening offers the chance to visit the Acre Road Observatory and on Sunday the weekend finishes with a visit to the Glasgow Science Centre and Planetarium show.

There is some university accommodation available but it is on a strict first come first booked basis so book early to avoid disappointment.

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Organisers: Hazel Collett & Lyn Smith (BAA), Eric Tomney (The Astronomical Society of Glasgow).